Archive for May 2010
Hennessey Return to the Pier
Wind and waves made the traditionally challenging race the most challenging in years.
Read MoreWatchmaker Sid Shonholtz
For most of us, growing old isn’t much fun – better than the alternative, I guess. It would be great to age like the piano sitting proudly in the living room. Or the immaculate Patek Philippe wristwatch grandpa bequeathed in his will. Unfortunately, there is no mahogany in these old, creaky bones. The few sonorous…
Read MoreFox Sports producer Jack Simmons
Jack Simmons describes his decision in 1990 to pull up stakes and move his family from New York to California as one of two life altering gambles. Simmons was fond of living in the little beach town outside of New York City called Breezy Point. Wendy, his wife of 35 years, was raised in Brooklyn…
Read MoreAdmiral Risty’s Wayne Judah got start on a farm
The Admiral Risty co-owner and general manager Wayne Juday can cook and tend bar. He is also a mentor, pilot, softball player, husband, father, and a proud grandfather. The eldest of four children, two brothers and a sister, he was raised on a farm in a small farming community in Hardee County, 60 miles east/southeast…
Read MoreMary Curtin: She Hears the Call to Music
When Mary Curtin isn’t doing the New York Times crossword puzzle in ink every morning, she just might be leading a meeting of the Peninsula Committee for the Los Angeles Philharmonic—or a meeting of Bravo, PVE Cares or the Special Children’s League. This effervescent, 35-year resident of Palos Verdes Estates has always been a very…
Read MoreMore than a name : The Advent of Fartbarf
Three freaky ape men donning orange NASA jumpsuits, singing in robotic voices and jamming intensely unique waves of sound on complex electronic equipment – this is what erupts from the stage during a Fartbarf experience. Yes, they’re called Fartbarf. They wear grotesque ape masks and usually sport NASA jumpsuits with the occasional jet-pack, though they…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor – May 27, 2010
Dear ER:
Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Manhattan Beach are wasting millions by having their own, little, feel-good fire departments.
Read MoreBecker Surf acquired by Billabong
Becker Surf, the Hermosa Beach surf retailer founded by shaper Phil Becker, glasser Steve Mangiagli and pinstriper Dave Hollander in 1980, was acquired last week by surf industry giant Billabong. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. But Hollander and Mangiagli said the sale did not include their surfboard manufacturing facility in Hermosa Beach, which…
Read MoreGilby Clarke, who plays Brixton Friday night, playing Wild Horses with Guns N’ Roses
A Bard in the hand
CLOSBC makes its first attempt at Shakespeare with ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ THESEUS: Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour Draws on apace; four happy days bring in Another moon: but, O, methinks, how slow This old moon wanes! she lingers my desires, Like to a step-dame or a dowager Long withering out a young man…
Read MoreOfficer’s lawsuit dealt blow
A federal judge on Tuesday dealt a severe blow to a wrongful termination lawsuit by Hermosa Beach Police Officer Todd Lewitt, dismissing claims that city officials violated his right to due process, and striking down claims against individual police officials and the city manager. U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Patrick J. Walsh also dismissed some…
Read MoreCity seeks alcohol policy
The City Council has begun the task of developing more uniform policies covering alcohol-serving establishments, which have been much discussed by some residents who believe the downtown area has become too loud and rowdy. Council members called upon the city’s Planning Commission to identify specific problems that would trigger reviews of individual establishments and their…
Read MoreSchool tech job spared
The city school board has spared the job of district technology director Teri Tsosie, but left three fulltime teachers and five part-timers on a layoff list. They will lose their jobs in the fall unless the district finds more money before then. In recent years, fundraising efforts by parents and other community members have made…
Read MoreAbout Town
Fire fundraiser The Hermosa Beach Firefighters Association hosts its 14th annual Pancake Breakfast 7:30 a.m. to noon Sunday, May 30 at the firehouse, 540 Pier Ave., during Fiesta Hermosa one of the South Bay’s biggest events. The breakfast will showcase the culinary talents of firefighters, paramedics and EMTs as they prepare pancakes, sausage, fruit and…
Read MoreCosta baseball team continues to roll
The Bay League got off to a rough start in the CIF Southern Section-Toyota Division 2 championships with Mira Costa emerging as the lone team to advance to the second round but the Mustangs are continuing their late-season surge.Mira Costa is playing without slugger Jake Jelmini, who required surgery for a broken jaw after being…
Read MoreRedondo’s Chloe Curtis races to two CIF titles
Redondo track star Chloe Curtis continues to be among the elite distance runners in the nation after winning two CIF titles. A group of Bay League athletes will compete in the CIF Master Meet Friday at Cerritos College.
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